Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-02-09
A BLOODY DOG FIGHT.
The Victorious Beasts Licks the
Flanks of His Dying Victim.

From, the Chicago Nsaos.
No sooner were the two beasts released
by their trainers than they sprang at each
others throats with deep roars OF rage.
The white dog first secured shoulder
hold on his antagonist. He proved the
more skillful wrestler of the two, and be-
sides securing a hold for his teeth he
speedily threw the yellow dog on his
back. There he shifted his hold ana got
his enemy by the neck. For tue first ten
minutes of the fight the hackers OF the
white dog were jubllaut and confident of
winning. The white gladiator, however,
showed fondness for swapping rather
than maintaining a good hold, and the
pain began to arouse the stubborn nerce-
ness OF the yellow bull.
After fifteen minutes of sharp fighting,
during which the white dog had all the
best OF it, the yellow dog began his first
effective fighting by catching the white
dog by the side OF the head. He hung to
mis- hold for nearly ten minutes From
this on the yellow dog slowly began to
master the white. The two brutes
clawed and chewed at each other until the
white dog was covered with blood about
the head and shoulders. Throw him as
he might the white dog could never get
the yellow brute to release his terrible
holds, while the yellow dog was unable to
get his teeth sunk deep enough In vital
part of his adversary to kill him. At the
end Of forty-tiVe minutes of fighting the
yellow dog had the white dog so weak
that it became only question OF time
when he would Kill him.
Take out the dog" chorused the better
element among the cOck-hghters. That's
too tough for us. The White dog is only
getting chew ed up.'
LET 'em fight it out" shouted the dog
fighter; "a dogs never licked till he gives
up"
Then followed a scene which for cold
blooded brutality has seldom been
equaled. The white dog grew so weak
that he could scarcely stand, while the
shOrt-muzzed yellow dog kept tiercely
tearing away at his throat and mead. The
head and fore legs of the white dog be-
came mass Of clotted blood The yell
low dog also became exhausted. He
would secure neck-hOd on his antagO-
stand then for ten minutes at time the
two brutes would stand mOtionless in the
pit, the yellow grimly holding on, while
the white stood with his mouth wide
open, from which protruded his lnflamed
and bloody tongue. At times he would
rally aud wrench himself loose from the
16llON spHlJ W nave IilG ldttCl D Adh 80 oihh
into his flesh in another spot.
At last, after two hours OF fighting, the
white dog fell exhausted in one corner OF
the pit. If the hearts Of the dog-fghters
did not relent, that OF the victorious dog
did. AS he saw his fierce antagonist ~
ing helpless i'll the pit he lald down beside
him, wag4ed his stumpy tail, and licked the
TANKS of his victim. All the spectators
were astonished The Oldest d0g-tighter
present said he had never seen dog act
that way before. In spite of all cOaXing
he refused to again attack the white dog.
According to the rules the dogs were then
taken TO their respective corners. When
time was called the white dog was too eX.
bausted to move, and when the yellow dog
dashed across the pit ready to fight again
the stakes were awarded to his hacker.
The time of the fight was 2 hours and %
minutes. The vanQuished dog was shot
and put out of his misery.